The President's Commission Report on Human Cloning deals with two different ideas of the aspect of cloning. First, is the idea of cloning for children. The purpose behind this idea is to give infertile couples the opportunity to have children. While this type of cloning would be considered to be a blessing to many couples, it may be just asking for a disaster. By having the freedom to clone for the production of children, it will most likely cause those couples whom are able to conceive children, to want to clone a child. Cloning a child would allow for people to create the "perfect", ideal child. With this, there would be no uniqueness - no individuality. Cloning in order to create a "perfect" child was demonstrated in the film Gattaca.
In the film, Vincent, the main character, was conceived by a young couple the "real" way, instead of in a laboratory. Thus, he was destined to be a second class citizen along with all others who were born the "real" way. People born like Vincent are called faith births, degenerates or invalids. Just seconds after Vincent's birth, his DNA was analyzed and his parents were told that he had a 99% chance of having a heart disorder and was expected to die when he is 30.2 years old. In hearing this information, Vincent's parents decided to have another child through what was called "natural birth". This process involved careful genetic selection and manipulations in order to create the "perfect" child. The child was engineered from taking the best bits and pieces of the father and mother, producing a child that was "good enough" to acquire his father's name.
The second idea in The President's Commission Report on Human Cloning is for bioethical purposes. This means that clones would be made in order to replace defective organs. These would include: kidneys, livers, hearts, lungs, ect. This type of cloning could also be used for gene reconstruction. In other words, people would no longer have to worry about genetic disorders because they could be repaired and eliminated.
Is cloning legal? ... What is cloning? ... Cloning 3 Now that we have established the scientific basis of cloning, let me tell you how cloning can directly benefit humanity. ... To clone or not to clone is not the question. Cloning is the future. ...
We have also heard about three cloned cows. What about human clones? ... The cloning revolution now leads us an ethical issue about human cloning. ... Cloning technology can help remove disease from a clone when the original suffered from disease. ... More likely a human clone will attract world-wide attention, especially the very first clone. ...
Cloning In the past few years, the topic of cloning has been in the news a lot. ... In order for cloning to take place, all genes must be active. ... Cloning could also revolutionize the field of organ transplant. Organs and bone marrow could be cloned and used for transplant. ... Drawbacks There are also many reasons not to clone. ...
The Benefits of Cloning Technology What comes to mind when people think about cloning? Probably a movie they have seen before, like The Sixth Day. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a man who is cloned without his knowledge. The clone takes over his life. This is just one fear that people have. But t...
In today's society cloning is one of the most talked about and controversial issues. There are numerous people that oppose cloning while on the other hand there are people who are for cloning. People who are against cloning bring up points of morality and religion. ... Among all of this controversy, there are benefits to cloning. ... According to the article "Human Cloning" by D. ...
Firstly, "Human cloning is a form of cloning which is designed to result in a copy of a human being," this means that the procedures that human cloning contains is specifically designed to result in an exact copy of the human being cloned. ... "Human cloning creates questions about the soul, the role of God in society, and even the quality of life that a cloned person may have." The disadvantages of human cloning are undoubtedly clear. ... "One of the most noticeable is that the cloned child will have exactly the same medical history as their parent clone's." ... Ther...
This paper is not meant to be a history lesson in cloning or to explain all the scientific terms that are related to cloning. ... Identical siblings constitute a clone. ... Dolly was a sheep and the first cloned mammal. ... One patient has a clone and all that needs to be done is remove the clone liver and place it in his/her body. ... Before cloning the term used was eugenics. ...
There are three different types of cloning. ... Next there is Adult DNA cloning; this is the most common type of cloning that is thought of because it shows a clone that was made from another living organism and looks exactly the same("Human" 1). ... There are many questions when it comes to cloning and the ethics of cloning. ... More importantly, who will get cloned? ... Most people scared of cloning encourage the study of cloning but do not like the idea of actually cloning humans, which is understandable (Stanley 37). ...
There are three types of cloning methods the first is Embryo cloning. The second is reproductive cloning and the third is therapeutic cloning. ... Therapeutic cloning is a process in which the initial stages are identical to adult DNA cloning. ... (Cloning process) The rapid development of the technology for cloning has led to moral debates around the world on whether or not to ban creating human clones. ... Another argument for cloning is that individuals with characteristics can be cloned as substitutes. ...